Terpenoids and flavonoids from Salvia cyanescens

Abstract

The following compounds have been identified in the aerial parts of Salvia cyanescens: a new diterpenoid 12-isopentenyl-3-oxosalvipisone, two sesquiterpenes caryophyllene oxide, spathulenol, five diterpenes diterpenes manoyl oxide, 11 beta-hydroxymanoyl oxide, ferruginol, aethiopinone and salvipisone, three triterpenes alpha-amyrin, alpha-amyrin 3-acetate and lupeol 3-acetate as well as sitosterol and four flavonoids salvigenin, 6-hydroxyapigenin-7,4'-dimethyl ether, 6-hydroxykaempferol-3,6-dimethyl ether and kaempferol-3,7-dimethyl ether. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.